Have you ever tried the Windy app? Popular with people who fish & sail. Current wind gusts can be found on theweathernetwork.com. And if you know your METARS - you can get current & past 24 & 48 hours info which includes wind & gusts (along with precip & temps) from airports. YYZ is T.O.

This is just example BTW. There are other explanations - evapotranspiration; blocking patterns; etc but start with the wind & go from there.

The prevailing wind in our latitudes is westerly. The wind, when it flows down the Rocky Mountains, which are to your west is a drying wind. For AB to get moisture, ideally you need a wind from another direction. An east wind can bring copious rain or snow as the wind is now going UP the mountain

Hi Ian, I'm not sure Doug is on Blue Sky? I never see Doug as he works from home, but I'll shoot him an email. Sorry for the late response as I only check my Bluesky account periodically.

Thank you! Sorry for the late reply, I am not on bluesky too often & just saw this
Have a great day, Susan!